{"product_id":"how-not-to-build-a-boat-paperback","title":"How Not to Build a Boat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Dickin Schinas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen their old GRP yacht was devastated by a Southern Ocean storm, Jill Schinas and her husband, Nick, resolved to build something stronger. Gaily - and without having researched the matter to the least degree - they threw themselves into the work of designing and constructing the ultimate, ocean-proof, eco-friendly, dream cruising yacht. On their side they had a wealth of sailing experience, which provided a perfect knowledge of what was required, but their only other weapons were irrepressible enthusiasm and the mindset which enables a man to build a radio from a potato or a mast from a lamppost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHad this been a business enterprise no bank would ever have lent the capital, for ranged against the dreamers was a whole battery of forces any one of which would have deterred more realistic people. For a start, neither Jill or Nick had any experience with a welder - and yet they were proposing to build a steel boat. Secondly, they seemed only to have enough money to buy a couple of masts and the sails. Worst of all, they had two kids and a new baby in tow - and no one with a young family ought to attempt anything more ambitious than the washing up. Regardless of these drawbacks, Nick and Jill went ahead.\u003cbr\u003e \"It'll only take a year and a half,\" said he, confidently.\u003cbr\u003e Fifteen years down the line, \u003cem\u003eMollymawk\u003c\/em\u003e is afloat and the family have cruised all over the Atlantic; but the boat is still not finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the tale of what went wrong and what went right. Packed full of advice about such things as ocean-worthy design and sail plans, it will also tell you how to operate a cutting torch, how to avoid a leaky stern-gland, how to pour your own rigging sockets, how to handle a ferocious gander, how to sandblast, how to weld in mid-Atlantic, how to amuse three young children in a cabin space the size of a phone booth... and much, much more besides.\u003c\/p\u003e \"This thing will never be more than a rusting steel can.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Xo  Schinas, aged 6, one year into the boatbuilding project. \"At last, the truth about steel boatbuilding.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Nick Skeates, designer of the Wylo II \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129659166855,"sku":"9780956072221","price":42.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e586d69b15dedb085a2615c2f4373bc4.webp?v=1732604757","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/how-not-to-build-a-boat-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}